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Badges can be collected from the Pre PAX Game Night at the Westin from 3pm onwards on Wednesday 4th April or from the BYOC desk from 12pm Thursday 5th April through to 4pm Sunday 8th April. Remember that if you pick up your badge from BYOC you will need to answer a question to prove that you are a forum member.

... I hope the questions aren't hard. I got into PAX because of Electronic Gaming Magazine in the 90s. I skim the Pax Unplugged forums and barely post on the Pax East forums. Do you mind if I have the forums up to answer those questions on the fly? Lol...

So my girl friend left our badges at home (long island) and I go to school in Albany New York. Is there a way to to get our badges at the convention center or provide some type of ID so they can pull up our order to let us in. Thanks for the help guys

So my girl friend left our badges at home (long island) and I go to school in Albany New York. Is there a way to to get our badges at the convention center or provide some type of ID so they can pull up our order to let us in. Thanks for the help guys

This thread is for Forum badges, not PAX passes, which is what you’re referring to. I would direct your query to official PAX representatives.

So my girl friend left our badges at home (long island) and I go to school in Albany New York. Is there a way to to get our badges at the convention center or provide some type of ID so they can pull up our order to let us in. Thanks for the help guys

where on long island? i'm coming from commack. sending you a message in case i can help!

Out of the 65 badges printed, 24 were not collected. Note that there were 62 names on the back of the badge so some people who did get their name on the back did not collect a Forum Badge. While this is a little disappointing, I know how PAX does rush by and the effort required to go to the BYOC desk that is a little out of the way for most people is too much for some.

To the 41 that did collect a badge, I thank you for making the effort to do so

Out of the 65 badges printed, 24 were not collected. Note that there were 62 names on the back of the badge so some people who did get their name on the back did not collect a Forum Badge. While this is a little disappointing, I know how PAX does rush by and the effort required to go to the BYOC desk that is a little out of the way for most people is too much for some.

To the 41 that did collect a badge, I thank you for making the effort to do so

I got one late yesterday evening with a blank to fill my own name.

I fear that maybe there may well have been others who attempted (as I did) on Thursday to pick up a badge only to face a byoc checkin person who didn’t have the necessary info...

Out of the 65 badges printed, 24 were not collected. Note that there were 62 names on the back of the badge so some people who did get their name on the back did not collect a Forum Badge. While this is a little disappointing, I know how PAX does rush by and the effort required to go to the BYOC desk that is a little out of the way for most people is too much for some.

To the 41 that did collect a badge, I thank you for making the effort to do so

I got one late yesterday evening with a blank to fill my own name.

I fear that maybe there may well have been others who attempted (as I did) on Thursday to pick up a badge only to face a byoc checkin person who didn’t have the necessary info...

I grabbed my Badge at pre-pax boardgaming, and led two other forumers (who didn't comment in the thread) to the BYOC desk to grab their own.
The guys there knew exactly what I was talking about when I went (I was wearing mine, and he was like "you've already got yours" 'yeah, but these two silly geese* don't')
He was asking for forum handles and checking the back of the badge for the names until I set him straight on having to ask a question, not compare names, at which point he checked for and found the question sheet and thanked me for correcting his error.

Thanks for doing these every year, mine proved useful a few times during PAX.

He was asking for forum handles and checking the back of the badge for the names until I set him straight on having to ask a question, not compare names, at which point he checked for and found the question sheet and thanked me for correcting his error.

I'd like to piggyback off this and note that I picked mine up very early from the pre-PAX game night sometime around 3:30 and wasn't asked a single thing.

"Hi! I'm here for my forum badge."
"Sure thing, we have plenty. Here you go!"
"Uh thanks." *awkward pause* "I'm kind of excited. I've attended every year, but this is the first time I've gotten my name on the badge."
"Cool! Well, I hope you enjoy the show."

For what it's worth, the gentleman was super nice. But I'm pretty sure if I asked politely he would've given me the whole stack without question.

He was asking for forum handles and checking the back of the badge for the names until I set him straight on having to ask a question, not compare names, at which point he checked for and found the question sheet and thanked me for correcting his error.

I'd like to piggyback off this and note that I picked mine up very early from the pre-PAX game night sometime around 3:30 and wasn't asked a single thing.

"Hi! I'm here for my forum badge."
"Sure thing, we have plenty. Here you go!"
"Uh thanks." *awkward pause* "I'm kind of excited. I've attended every year, but this is the first time I've gotten my name on the badge."
"Cool! Well, I hope you enjoy the show."

For what it's worth, the gentleman was super nice. But I'm pretty sure if I asked politely he would've given me the whole stack without question.

That would have been either @kropotkin or @MagnusCarter. And yes, getting your badge at one of the community events before PAX exempts you from questioning.

Also Kropotkin, we had at least four people looking for badges after you left game night. We should really leave a few there after you leave and have someone drop any leftovers off at BYOC the next day.